Sound Off for May 14, 2017

— Perhaps a peaceful solution to the disposition of Confederate statues everywhere is to have them all placed in a memorial called “The United States’ Saddest War: Americans vs. Americans.”

— The city of Alachua should be ashamed for allowing the Walmart to bring in a tire service. There are least two to three or more local businesses that will be put out of business for that.

— I was traveling down [an area road] and met an ambulance with its emergency lights going, and I pulled off to the side of the road. The two cars behind me, they just kept right on going and passed the ambulance by. People, you need to stop and think — that might be someone you know in that ambulance or one of your loved ones.

— Can we get an update on the status of the GRU Deerhaven coal plant repairs? When will the unit be back in service and how much money was spent throughout the process?

— There should be two lists of pre-existing conditions in any health-care legislation. The first list should receive help for those things they are born with or cannot help, such as spina bifida, epilepsy and things like that. The other list should be for things related to lifestyle choices that should be compensated at a much lower rate if at all.

— Warren Buffett just said that he will be getting a 17 percent tax cut. He can afford to pay for any for any pre-existing conditions for himself and his family. Those of us who make under $50,000 a year don’t have a prayer or a chance at surviving any of our illnesses under Trump’s command.

— Was Comey getting too close to information Trump didn't want him to leak? ... Trump said he fired Comey because Comey was ugly and unkind to Hillary Clinton — Really? Nixon’s departure is probably looking scary to Trump now that there’s a possibility he will be next.

— Why would anybody see Andrew Jackson as a role model? The man traveled our country in order to kill Native Americans. He even came into Florida on a killing spree. He introduced the idea to relocate natives onto reservations in order to take their land. I’m so happy he will be off (the front of) our $20 bills.

— My grandparents were immigrants to this country. I don’t understand what the problem is with people supporting people here illegally. Why aren’t people reaching out to help them become citizens in this country rather than protesting because they are here and won’t accept them for being here illegally?

— For those of you who are so happy because you think you’re going to have that Mexican wall, you better look again because you were bamboozled. The pictures that they showed on TV with the chain link fence belonged to a construction site — look it up on your iPhones. The man in charge of the construction went on the air and told reporters the fence had nothing to do with the wall.

— Viva la France. They suffered so much in WWII that they won’t go for Le Pen. It’s such a great feeling to know they have greater ideals

— Health care should never have been allowed to be for profit.

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